Improved oil-can from paper-stuff



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Leners Patent No. 92,316, dazedJuly o, 1869.

IMPROED OIL-CAN .'ERM PAPER-STUFF;

The Schedule referred .to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To-all whom it may concern:

Beit known 'that I, EDWARD' G. KELLEY, of New York, in the county of- New York, and State of N ew York, have invented a new and improved Oil-Gan vand I, do hereby declare that the following is afulb clear, 'and exact' description thereof, which` Will'enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had -to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitcation, in which- Figure 1 .represents a sectional elevation of'rny improved oil-cmi.

` Figure 2 is a plan ortop view of the same.

Similar letters of reference vindicate corresponding parts.

' This invention has for its object to produce a cheap can, for retaining.petroleum, and other hydrocarbon or oily substances; and consists in th -.use of paper or paper-pulp for this purpose, together with oil. andl Water-proof cement .or coatings fol; the can.

A vessel o'fsuitable size can be very cheaply made, of any desired size and shape,and considelable strength, of paper-pulp, and` will, I with a substance impervious tooil, and on Athe out- -side with water-proofcement, be impervious to oil and water throughout,

In the accompanying'drawingsl A represents a can made of sheets of' paper or paste- 'f board, or oi'paper-pnlp, and formed, either by cementwhen coated on the inside ing the edgeslof one or'more sheets together, orinoulded in a single piece, as may be desired. Itis of suitable.

shape, and can be madeof'any desired size. .l

It is 'provided with an openngin its top or side,

which opening may be lined witlrmetal, a, or with papier-mache, 01 'other suitable substance, to receive a metallic or other suitable cap, B.

The ,paper o r paper-pulpfis coated on the inside' with glue or othersubstance impervious to oil, while its outside is; coated. with gum-shellac' or other waterproof material. The oiLcontained within the can will, therefore, not be able to affect the body ot'- the same,v while the can will be proof against the injurious influence oi' moisture and water on the outside.

Having'thns described my invention,

I -claim as new, and `desire to Isecure by Letters latent.

A can for containing oil or hydrocarbon-liquids,

when made of paper or papenpulp, and when coated on the inside with a substance impervious to oil, and` on .the outside with water-proofmaterial, substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specitcation of my invention, 'sligned by me, this th'day of February .1869. 1 EDWARD c. KELLEY. Witnesses:

FRANK BLUOKLEY, ALEX. l?. ROBERTS. 

